Dominic Cooper | zh

风格： Hard Rock（硬摇滚） Heavy Metal（重金属） 起初，有一支名为Alice Cooper的乐队，由一个叫Vincent Damon Furnier的主唱领导。在这个主唱的一手策划下，乐队在开发重金属的戏剧性和暴力色彩方面领先一步，他们把音乐搞成了恐怖电影和杂耍，他们在舞台表演方面的吓人玩艺包括：电椅、断头台、鲜血(假的)、大蟒蛇和Furnier阴森的扮相。 当然事实不仅如此。他们在音乐上也有相当的成就，只是噱头太多影响了人们的注意力。取自六十年代吉他流行乐生猛简单的Riff和旋律表现了摇滚乐最基本但又最迷人的地方，甚至在乐队探索迷幻音乐和艺术摇滚时也是一样。 在原来的乐队解散后，Furnier开始以Alice Cooper为名进行独立发展，此时他的音乐不再像以前那样充满夸张活跃，而是转化成了直来直去的重金属。不过他在舞台表演中保留了那些令他获得“休克摇滚之王”称号的小道具。 Furnier的第一支乐队称作the Earwigs后来在1965年改名the Spiders，之后又用过Nazz的名字。The Spiders和the Nazz都曾在当地发行过小有一名的单曲。1968年他发现已经有一支叫作Nazz的乐队后，将队名改为Alice Cooper。关于这个名字，据说来源于Furnier在一次占卜中获得的启发，在那次占卜中他被告知他是17世纪一个同名女巫的转世化身。乐队包括主唱 Furnier(后来他自称Alice Cooper)、吉他手Mike Bruce和Glen Buxton贝司手Dennis Dunaway和鼓手Neal Smith。1968年乐队前往加州并遇见了Frank Zappa的经纪人Shep Gordon，他将Alice Cooper收归他的新公司Straight Records。 Alice Cooper1969年发行了他们的处女作《Pretties for You》，1970年初又发行了《Easy Action》但均石沉大海，乐队在洛杉矶看不到前途，于是来到Furnier的家乡底特律。乐队将他们古怪的舞台风格进行了精炼，1970末乐队签约于华纳唱片，在制作人Bob Ezrin的协助下，乐队在第三张专辑《Love It to Death》中发展了他们经典的重金属风格。这是张金唱片，出现了“Eighteen”这样既能反映青少年反叛情绪又可以打入排行榜的佳作。成功也使乐队可以将他们的现场搞得效果更专业，这又使他们的演唱会成为美国最受欢迎的演出之一。1972的《School's Out》是Alice Cooper在商业上的突破之作，名列专辑榜NO.2，同名单曲进入美国单曲榜Top10名列英国单曲榜首位，销量达百万。而紧随其后的《Billion Dollar Babies》更是火得不得了，在英美两地均居榜首。1973年，在发行了专辑《Muscle of Love》后，Furnier割袖绝情地将乐队其他全部解雇，自己占有了Alice Cooper这个名字，而其他成员则以Billion Dollar Babies为名发行了一张不成功的专辑。 1974年秋，Alice Cooper的精选《Greatest Hits》打入Top10。为了他的首张个人专辑《Welcome to My Nightmare》，Cooper雇用了Lou Reed的伴奏乐队为自己工作。这张专辑发行于1975年春，保持了一贯的风格和商业成功。在又发行了一张金唱片后Cooper的事业开始走下坡路，这里有风格改变的原因，也有Cooper个人生活恶习的原因。1978年，Cooper康复后创作了专辑《From the Inside》，并且在歌中与Elton John的歌词作者Bernie Taupin一起描绘了他的治疗过程。八十年代初，Cooper仍不断发行专辑并进行巡演，但影响力已大不如前，不过在八十年代后几年，由于他在恐怖电影中的表现和一些流行金属乐队对他公开表示敬意，他的好日子又来了。在金曲机器Desmond Child和一些客座大牌明星的帮助下，1989年的专辑《Trash》成了一张白金唱片，同时令Cooper重回Top10和聚光灯下。九十年代， Cooper仍不时出演一些电影也演出和出专辑，但在音乐上已经失去了影响力。 .

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